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In case you hadn’t seen this post about my learnings from yoga…applied to life, you can read it at The Huffington Post: How Yoga Taught Me to Grow Up and Stop Comparing“. I’m not a active “yogini” but listening more in the classes I do take has taught me the value of not comparing myself […] Read more…
One 40-something woman’s message to 20-somethings on embracing failure. “Fail a lot in your twenties. I read a book in my twenties that was about not being afraid to fail and I never was. I came from a small town in Pennsylvania and I got an internship at MTV in New York. There were all […] Read more…
Herewith, three “gifts” one 40-something woman would give a 20-something if she were a “Forty-Godmother”. What are yours? ~1~ A lifelong friend who is your mirror. A friend that stays with your from your twenties to your forties is your mirror. Your friends that stay with you from your youth through your forties are […] Read more…
Last night I went to a panel at the 92nd Street Y with my Flash Friday partner and 20-something bounty of perspective, Molly Ford of Smart, Pretty and Awkward. Always a fun 20:40 exchange! The panel touched on the “risks and rewards that we face when forging new paths” from women who pioneered in the […] Read more…
Today I’m re-blogging a post written based the keynote speech Nithya Das gave for the 2011 Pipeline Fund Fellowship Pitch Summit. The Pipeline Fellowship trains women philanthropists to become angel investors through education, mentoring, and practice. Nitha Das is legal counsel at AppNexus and was formerly an associate at Goodwin Procter LLP where she created […] Read more…
This woman shares her perspective on negative co-workers, baggage and perfection. Her philosophy of not letting your energy get bogged down has given her the drive to navigate the corporate world and get to a place where she calls the shots — leading, managing and creating solutions. On being on the receiving end of “office […] Read more…
I reached out to some 40-something women to recall their favorite Valentine’s Day gift or reflect on how the importance of Valentine’s Day has changed over the years. No surprise, it’s significance has little to do with the commercialized holiday that we see everywhere around us. Many women recall what a simple and sweet […] Read more…
Links that made me think this week (and that I didn’t get a chance to tweet:) Sheryl Sandberg: Luck, Resignation or Rallying Cry? A flurry of articles on Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook raised the noise on women in the board room to a new level. Yeah! What’s interesting to me is the breadth […] Read more…